The phrase "a lesser guilty" is not correct in standard English.
The correct form would be "less guilty" or "lesser guilt."
Example: "He felt less guilty about his decision after hearing her explanation."
Alternatives: "less culpable" or "not as guilty."
Sebree and a group of six other officers found him guilty of the first charge, guilty of a lesser offense for the second charge, and not guilty on the third.
In response to the judge's questioning, Warren gave contradictory testimony as to whether or not his lawyer had told him that he would probably receive a lesser sentence by pleading guilty than if he were tried and convicted.
Should the jury find Major Hasan not guilty of premeditated murder but guilty of a lesser charge, he would not face the death penalty.
The Austrian, Josef Fritzl, 73, left, appeared before a court in St. Pölten, where he also pleaded not guilty to charges of enslavement and guilty to a lesser charge of rape.
But even if they judge him as guilty, Mr. Bart said, they must find him guilty of a lesser charge, such as manslaughter, given what he called his client's extreme emotional disturbance.
Mr. Privitera said that before their final conviction, District Attorney Kavanagh had offered to accept a plea of guilty to a lesser charge, manslaughter, but that they had rejected doing so because they were not guilty of any crime.
The defendant, Ricky Chavis, was found not guilty of 10 molestation charges and a kidnapping charge, but found guilty of a lesser charge of false imprisonment.
The jury found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder, and did not decide whether he was guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter.
The leader, Wilbur Lee Eash, 50, had pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor but later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
(He pleaded guilty to a lesser offense).
